jan 1, 1583 - copp
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There are varying definitions: it was ‘that part of a waggon which hangs over the thiller-horse’ according to Halliwell, but the moveable frame attached to the fore part of a cart in the OED. 1583 <i>a paire of cart whels, a copp, with other hustilment, ijs</i>, Ripon (SS64/381).
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